Alison MacLeod

Alison MacLeod is a Canadian-British writer.[1][2][3] She is most noted for her 2013 novel Unexploded,[4][5][6][7][8][9] which was a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Man Booker Prize,[10][11] and her 2017 short story collection All the Beloved Ghosts,[12][13][14][15] which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 2017 Governor General's Awards.[16][17][18][19]

Background

Born in Montreal, Quebec of Nova Scotian parents and raised in Montreal and Halifax, Nova Scotia, she has lived in Brighton, England since 1987.[20] MacLeod studied English literature at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax and later, completed her masters in creative writing and Ph.D at the University of Lancaster.[21] She is published by Bloomsbury and Penguin Canada, and is a professor of contemporary fiction at the University of Chichester.[22] She is a citizen of both Canada and the United Kingdom.

Awards

Selected bibliography
  • The Changeling,[26][27] 1996, ISBN 033362484X
  • The Wave Theory of Angels,[28] 2005, ISBN 024114261X
  • Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction,[29] 2007, ISBN 9780141016061
  • Unexploded, 2013, ISBN 0241142636, ISBN 978-0241142639
  • All the Beloved Ghosts, 2017, ISBN 9781408863787

References
  1. Queiro, Alicia (August 16, 2013). "Cultural life: Alison MacLeod, novelist". The Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. "Canada 150: Identity, Robbie Richardson, Alison MacLeod". bbc.co.uk. BBC Radio 3, Free Thinking. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  3. "Three authors with Canadian connections nominated for prestigious Booker Prize". ctvnews.ca. CTV, Bell Media. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. "Book review: Unexploded By Alison MacLeod". The Independent. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  5. Abrams, Rebecca (August 23, 2013). "'Unexploded', by Alison MacLeod". The Financial Times. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. Hickling, Alfred (August 22, 2013). "Unexploded by Alison MacLeod – review". The Guardian. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  7. Clarke, Angus (August 16, 2013). "Unexploded by Alison MacLeod". The Times. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. Groskop, Viv (August 31, 2013). "Unexploded by Alison MacLeod – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  9. "Alison MacLeod - Unexploded (an interview)". thetorontoquarterly.blogspot.c0m. The Toronto Quarterly. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  10. Leah. "2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist Announced". themanbookerprize.com. The Man Booker Prize. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  11. McCrum, Robert; Reidy, Tess (August 3, 2013). "My favourite first line – by writers on the 2013 Man Booker prize longlist". The Guardian. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  12. Kelly, Mary Louise (April 22, 2017). "Author Alison MacLeod Tries To Find Humor In Terrorism". Weekend Edition. National Public Radio. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  13. "Excerpt, All the Beloved Ghosts". lithub.com/. Literary Hub. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  14. Lee, Yoona. "Revival and Resurrection in Alison MacLeod's "All the Beloved Ghosts"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  15. ALL THE BELOVED GHOSTS by Alison MacLeod | Kirkus Reviews.
  16. "Finalists named for 2017 Governor General's Literary Awards". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2017.
  17. "Explore the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction finalists:All the Beloved Ghosts". bc.ca. CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  18. McDougall, Allana. "Why 'normal' people make short story writer Alison MacLeod wary". cbc.ca. CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  19. Gilbert, Zoe (1 April 2017). "The spell of the familiar: Zoe Gilbert interviews Alison MacLeod about her new collection". Short Fiction in Theory & Practice. 7 (1): 79–86. doi:10.1386/fict.7.1.79_7. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  20. "Three authors with ties to Canada up for prestigious Booker Prize". Vancouver Sun, July 28, 2013.
  21. University, Lancaster. "Success Stories | English & Creative Writing | Lancaster University". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  22. "Professor Alison MacLeod". chi.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  23. Cowdrey, Katherine (November 26, 2015). "MacLeod and Atkins win British Library Writer in Residence Award". The Bookseller. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  24. "BBC National Short Story Award". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  25. "Front Row: Alison MacLeod". bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  26. "The Changeling". kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  27. "The Changeling". publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  28. Wheelwright, Julie (October 11, 2005). "The Wave Theory Of Angels, by Alison MacLeod". The Independent. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  29. Greenland, Colin (September 22, 2007). "Passing Fancies". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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